Bears for real? We will get an idea if Chicago is for real when it plays at Miami. The Bears have won three consecutive games, heady stuff for a young team. The Bears are coming off their bye, which sometimes means a slow start to their return game. And the game-time temperature will be in the mid-to-high 80s, a tough ask for a Midwest team. But if they can win, the Bears will be favored to win three of their next four.

Smith not worried. Tampa Bay is last in scoring defense (34.5 points per game) and second-to-last in yards allowed (445.8). “The sky is not falling,” defensive coordinator Mike Smith said. “I can assure you, it felt like it was crumbling on top of us when we walked off that field in Chicago (a 48-10 loss two weeks ago). But that’s an anomaly. As a defense, we are committed together to right that ship and not play defensive football like we played there.”

Redskins reeling. Many times from 2004-11 while on the Redskins beat did I see the franchise unable to handle prosperity and then a type of adversity. This could be another time. Washington rolled past Green Bay in Week 3, patted itself on the back in Week 4 and was throttled 43-19 at New Orleans. They looked disorganized in all facets. The Redskins host Carolina on Sunday and it feels like one more loss will set coach Jay Gruden’s chair ablaze.

49ers struggling. A season of such promise in San Francisco has dissolved into an 1-4 record after a loss last week to previously winless Arizona. “I totally expect people to be more frustrated because I think people did have higher expectations going into this year,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “So did we. I do think (the injuries) take a toll and I think everyone understands that. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t win games.” The 49ers are at Green Bay on Monday.